So Money with Farnoosh Torabi · Wednesday, July 1, 2026
Bridget Cormoris believes that grouping middle school and high school parenting together is a 'missed opportunity'. She argues that the middle school years (approximately ages 10-13) are a critical, chemically distinct period for strengthening the parent-child relationship, distinct from the later high school years.
“And I think this does dovetail with what I was so excited to want to mention because it's like, I see other parenting people talk about the middle school and high school years together. And I'm not going to say it's a mistake, but I think it's a missed opportunity.”
“Because middle school and when I think chemically, like, you know, when we talk about adolescence, and they're going through these changes and they're, and you know, they're going to have their own unique middle school experiences, but yes, like the universal truth and that's what I ended up putting in my steady plus connected parenting framework is the relationship is just so important.”